EN
About 29 000 horses at the age of 1—25 years of a body weight from 200 to 800 kg were slaughtered under veterinary inspection at 1990. Pre- and postslaughter examinations showed clinical signs and pathological lesions in 4627 (16.0%) horses. Among others were found natural death, slaughter at agony, partial bleeding, emaciation, purification, purulent foci, hyperemia, neoplastic lesions, abnormal odor, parasites. Neoplasms were found in 133 (0.45%) horses; predominated melanosarcoma, accidentally fibromas were found. As unfit were classified 683 (2.36%) horses.